ninjatutle
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join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | ha
So much for the android being the savior.. |
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DataRiker
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join:2002-05-19
Metairie, LA
clubs: | well, this is really a non issue since users can install any app they want as long as they do it themselves. |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Verizon Online DSL
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Besides, tether it to what? T-mobile's molasses slow data network.
May as well Scotch tape a piece of string and a can to your USB port, I hear the downstream speeds are better...
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rmdir
join:2003-03-13
Chicago, IL
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It's still pretty annoying. I was truly looking forward to the day when I'd be out of my contract with V* later this year, but after researching things like the lack of VOIP last night, and now this, I've pretty much given up on TMO having a desirable product. This smacks too much of the things I've already had to do with my V account. If I'm going to have to hack my phone, there's not much incentive to dump Verizon for a different carrier. |
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jesseb_66
join:2002-12-06
Tucson, AZ | reply to N3OGH
Your right their edge network is very slow.
Coming from a t mobile BB user here.
I don't tether often but it is a bare when I have to... Usable sorta enjoyable no. |
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bender
Bite my shiny metal ass
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join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL
clubs:
 ·T-Mobile US
 ·Vonage
·AT&T U-Verse
·AT&T Midwest
 ·Mediacom
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i live in the suburbs and I get about 750 Kbit/s on my g1 and about 300 Kbit/s upstream. its enough for the g1 to work like its supposed to. I keep my phone on edge most of the time anyways (saves on battery life). I have tethered to my laptop when I'm out and don't have wifi access before too. its good enough to do business while comuting too. |
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bender
Bite my shiny metal ass
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join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL
clubs: | wtf tmobile?!
wow. and to imagine that I was hoping that android would do well. you can't restrict innovation. if you do you will smother it. jackasses. |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
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join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs:
·T-Mobile US
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to rmdir
Re: ha
said by rmdir  :It's still pretty annoying. I was truly looking forward to the day when I'd be out of my contract with V* later this year, but after researching things like the lack of VOIP last night, and now this, I've pretty much given up on TMO having a desirable product. This smacks too much of the things I've already had to do with my V account. If I'm going to have to hack my phone, there's not much incentive to dump Verizon for a different carrier. how is going to a website to manually download an apk "hacking your phone"? This aint an iphone, or a VZW stripped-down OS.
To get any of those tethering apps, all you need to do is find the installer and download it.
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tiger72
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join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs:
·T-Mobile US
·RoadRunner Cable
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My power went out a few days ago when I was planning on working from home. My job is entirely web-centric. I have a laptop, but losing power meant losing my dsl connection. So I tethered my laptop to my G1 (VERY easy) and simply used the EDGE network, and I must say that it was more than sufficient for me to get my work done. Tethering to my TMO phone on EDGE saved my ass.
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"What makes us omniscient? Have we a record of omniscience? ...If we can't persuade nations with comparable values of the merit of our cause, we'd better reexamine our reasoning."
-United States Secretary of Defense (1961-1968) Robert S. McNamara |
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AVonGauss
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join:2007-11-01
Boynton Beach, FL | Other Carriers
I have no idea why they are pulling the tethering apps, but I do want to point out that T-Mobile is no longer the only carrier involved with Android and others may also be exerting their own influences and concerns. |
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imanogre
join:2005-11-29
Mcdonough, GA | DL App
Anyone know of a good tethering app I can download for mine? |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
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join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs:
·T-Mobile US
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to AVonGauss
Re: Other Carriers
said by AVonGauss :I have no idea why they are pulling the tethering apps, but I do want to point out that T-Mobile is no longer the only carrier involved with Android and others may also be exerting their own influences and concerns. VERY good point.
I just checked, and Vodafone, Singtel, o2, TMO, etc ALL have no-tethering clauses in their TOS for phone broadband.
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"What makes us omniscient? Have we a record of omniscience? ...If we can't persuade nations with comparable values of the merit of our cause, we'd better reexamine our reasoning."
-United States Secretary of Defense (1961-1968) Robert S. McNamara |
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rmdir
join:2003-03-13
Chicago, IL
| reply to tiger72
Re: ha
I don't mean hacking in the typical sense, I should have said attempting to use it in an unofficially sanctioned way. Instead of being the knight in shining armor, they are turning into another Apple with the IPhone. And they haven't looked at how Apple's hard line hasn't stopped people, it just pisses them off instead. |
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biggbrother
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join:2001-11-07
Providence, RI
| reply to ninjatutle
From a business standpoint... I can understand how T-Mobile would want to try to limit people from using their network as a replacement for the cable of DSL ISP.
However, since Android is open-source, these tethering apps are easily available from reputable Market alternatives.
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TomClancy
Freedom isn't free
join:2003-04-23
... | hmmm...
I guess I'll be sticking with S60 for now.
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adisor19
join:2004-10-11
·Velcom
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Radioactif
·Videotron
·Look Communications
| reply to rmdir
Re: ha
said by rmdir :I don't mean hacking in the typical sense, I should have said attempting to use it in an unofficially sanctioned way. Instead of being the knight in shining armor, they are turning into another Apple with the IPhone. And they haven't looked at how Apple's hard line hasn't stopped people, it just pisses them off instead. This is NOT an unofficially sanctioned way. Jailbraking an iPhone IS an unofficially sanctioned way but this is completely normal and official. Choose your words wisely as it sometimes results in the spreading of FUD.
Adi |
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adisor19
join:2004-10-11 | reply to N3OGH
If you have t-mobile 3G coverage you wouldn't say that. By the sounds of it, you're probably using EDGE.
Adi |
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
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join:2005-06-29
clubs: | So much for a open handset.
EPIC FAIL. |
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sapo
I eat meat
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join:2002-09-16
Sacramento, CA | The programs are not blocked on the device and require no special modification to install. |
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compton
join:2002-02-08
Brooklyn, NY
| Hmmm!
My guess is T-Mobile asked them to pull it. The data plan on the G1 has no limit (as I recall) or at least they don't enforce a bandwidth usage limit, and it's $39.99 per month. If I buy a data stick for my laptop it's $59.99 per month and 5 GB bandwidth usage limit per month. Now you can see why T-Mobile wouldn't want tethering software on the Android market place. |
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